Metal or Hard Rubber

[Tenorsaxer]

Have been doin some looking around for a nice jazz mouthpiece and was wondering... metal or hard rubber?

[DirkW]

I use mostly HR unless I'm in a band with an electric guitar. On Tenor I use either a Meyer 9 or a Rousseau JDX 8, both refaced by Jon Van Wie.

[Ritchie]

Chamber and baffle design and the player are more important for the sound than the material of the mouthpiece. Anyway, what would I answer? I play metal on tenor, hard rubber on soprano, alto and bari, playing bari and tenor the most. So my answer must be: both.

[Chris]

Sopran : hard rubber
alt : hard rubber
tenor : metal
bari : metal

[popsax]

Hard rubber on Alto.

[colibri]

I don't understand why no one likes metal on alto.

[MarkD]

I don't understand why no one likes metal on alto.

A JodyJazz ESP Alto Gold is great on alto!

Soprano: Metal - Otto Link
Alto: Metal - JJ ESP Alto Gold
Tenor: Metal - Otto Link

[Mike Ruhl]

I'll use either metal or rubber, depending more on the venue more than style of music.

[beth]

i use a nickel meyer 8 quite often on alto.

actually, my primary classical mpc on alto is an old metal classical selmer C* which i love...

[Altoholic]

Rubber on alto. Colibri,I don't use metal because the ones I've tried all squeak more frenquently than rubber or plastic.

[colibri]

I believe it's the bad finishing of the mouthpiece that makes them squeak. Nevertheless, I heard people saying an alto with a metal mouthpiece has not soul in the sound.

[Docax]

Sop: Hard Rubber
Alto: Delrin plastic
Tenor: Metal

I should play wood or crystal on Bari, just to complete the set...

[tyler_terlecki]

hard rubber on sop, was supposed to get a metal, but store was out of stock and i needed a replacement piece after mine was broken...sniff

2 metal mps that i switch around for the alto that i absolutely love

hard rubber for tenor, i havent found a metal piece that i like enough yet

hard rubber for baritone, simple yamaha stock mouthpiece i use for the "just in case i need to play bari"


i play alto as main instrument so i voted metal

[michaelbaird]

David Sanborn plays a Dukoff. I play a D7 on alto. I sound similar to Sanborn....wonder why?

[woodwindmaster06]

I like a variation of different materials just as a artist has more than one color, I like hard rubber, crystal, metal and wood I just use them differently at different times when appropriate.

[SteveZ]

i used to be a metalhead, but now i use HR exclusively. I only play tenor, so it simplifies things.